It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all.

This is the simplest of all thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god.

I love Death because he breaks the human pattern and frees us from pleasures too prolonged as well as from the pains of this world. It is pleasant, too, to remember that Death lies in our hands; he must come if we call him. ... I think if there were no death, life would be more than flesh and blood could bear.

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.

You must have some money if you are going to live simply. It need not be much, but you must have some.

It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all.

My heart was full of softening showers, I used to swing like this for hours, I did not care for war or death, I was glad to draw my breath.